How to Program Motocross Techniques. Full length vid.

How we really learn motocross techniques may surprise you. It is much deeper than just understanding a technique and being able to do it, that’s just the first step. Everyone’s physiological mind and nervous system learns the same way. When we do something over and over again, we are laying down codes (so to speak) in our sub-conscious mind and nervous system. By the way there is no such thing as muscle memory. The codes are in our mind and nervous system, not our muscles. These codes start at the very beginning of our nervous system, in our brain. From there they go through our spinal cord and out to our muscles. We have thousands of codes, programs if you will, in our mind and nervous system. One good example is brushing our teeth. When we begin to brush our teeth, we don’t have to think about how we’re doing it, we just start the program, and it gets done. Unfortunately, a program is not insulted in our mind and body like on a computer or in Matrix movies. Instead, they have to be programmed in by repeatedly doing them over and over again. The more a program is done, over a long period of time, the stronger that program becomes. Learning a new skill. What is actually happening when we begin to learn a new skill, like riding with our hands and elbows up, is that we are creating a new circuit in our physiological brain and nervous system. This new circuit is actually started within the billions of neurons and synapses in the electrical field of our brain. From there it travels through our nervous system to all the muscles, making them response to the new skill being done. This is why learning a new skill is the most difficult in the beginning. It’s also the most difficult when the skill is already there but isn’t installed correctly, so it has to be modified. The more this new circuit runs the stronger it becomes. This new circuit needs something to insulate and carry the electrical charge. Like an insulated wire carries electricity. In the brain’s circuitry it’s called Myelin. The more a circuit is used the more Myelin is laid down and the stronger the circuit becomes. Myelin is an insulating layer, or sheath that forms around nerves, including those in the brain and spinal cord. It is made up of protein and fatty substances. This myelin sheath allows electrical impulses to transmit quickly and efficiently along the nerve cells. Each new skill isn’t just something you know and understand. That’s just the first step, that just allows you to begin laying down Myelin and begin to develop a new circuit that will produce the results you want. It’s the repetitive, frequent practice, over a long period of time, hours, weeks, months and years that will make you really good at a difficult skill.